With the rise in power demand due to heatwave conditions and rising temperatures in the Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDCL) jurisdiction, TSSPDCL chairman and managing director G Raghuma Reddy said though the power demand is likely to go up further, the discom would provide uninterrupted power supply
He said the power peak demand has touched 80 million units in Greater Hyderabad and 185 million units (MU) in the TSSPDCL limits.
The CMD held a video conference with the officials on Saturday directed them to ensure uninterrupted power supply during this summer in the entire discom.
“There has been a significant jump in power consumption since 2014. Rise in agriculture due to 24×7 power supply and industrial demand were resulting in huge power demands,” Raghuma Reddy said. The CMD said necessary arrangements were made to ensure uninterrupted power supply in the TSSPDCL limits comprising Hyderabad, erstwhile Ranga Reddy , Medak, Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda districts.
On the day of state formation, i.e June, 2, 2014, peak power demand was 49.56 MU and it reached 73.84 MU on May, 29, 2019 in Greater Hyderabad. In TSSPDCL also, peak power demand was 119.6 MU on April 3, 2014 and 180.5 MU on March 26, 2021, he said.
Raghuma Reddy said instructions were given to the engineers to continuously monitor load conditions of transformers, keep additional mobile distribution transformers , 33 kv feeders to maintain two per cent healthy rolling stock of distribution transformers, and fire- fighting equipment to attend emergencies.
He said that 56 power transformers, 1725 distribution transformers and 11 33/11 KV sub-stations have been added to the distribution system of Greater Hyderabad to meet the additional power demands during the summer season. The CMD said that other maintenance works like power evacuation of 75, 33KV feeders, interlinking of 24 33KV feeders, refurbishment of breakers, clearing of tree branches, maintenance of 33/11kv sub-stations, load balancing of Power Transformers (PTRs) are ready.
The CMD instructed all the Superintending Engineers (SEs) to supervise the power supply in their respective substations during peak hours up to 9 pm in the summer. Raghuma Reddy asked the consumers to bring any power supply problems and other issues to 1912 or 100, or through Mobile App, TSSPDCL website or twitter for rectification of the problems.
